Hamilton Township woman will be watching the sidelines at the Super Bowl

Saturday

Feb 2, 2013 at 12:01 AM

For one Pocono woman, the Super Bowl is personal this year. Hamilton Township resident Linda McDonald will be at the big game Sunday to support her brother, Vic Fangio, defensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers.

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For one Pocono woman, the Super Bowl is personal this year.

Hamilton Township resident Linda McDonald will be at the big game Sunday to support her brother, Vic Fangio, defensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers.

"Our family is just so happy for him because he is so good at this and he is so well-respected throughout the league," she said Thursday as she prepared to leave for New Orleans.

McDonald is also taking along their mother, Alice Fangio, 86, of Dunmore.

Although the Fangio family grew up in Dunmore, Vic Fangio attended East Stroudsburg University for a short time during the 1970s, where he hoped to pursue a degree in coaching and teaching.

"In the late '70s, everyone was saying there were no teaching jobs, but Vic really went after what he wanted. He went after his heart," McDonald said, describing her brother as a "go-getter."

Prior to being named the 49ers defensive coordinator, Fangio was defensive coordinator for the Stanford Cardinals, linebackers coach for the Baltimore Ravens and defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers.

Fangio joined the NFL in 1986 when he was 26.

Sunday's game will be his first time ever attending a Super Bowl, McDonald said.

"Really, it's about being good and being in the right place at the right time," McDonald said about Fangio's success.

"We are just so happy for him to finally get there. It takes very good organization and a good team to get this."

Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. for the game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens.